10 ridiculously funny political commentators on Twitter

For comedians and even average users, the presidential debate is a sprint to the punchline on Twitter, with rapid-fire jokes and parody accounts created in a matter of seconds.

“[I]t truly does seem like there’s a race on Twitter and other social-networking platforms to be the first to arrive with the joke,” actor and humorist John Hodgman recently told the Daily Dot. “I think this happens now with most major, or even minor, news events. And anxiety is born out of the fact that those of us who make jokes professionally or semi-professionally—or in my case, literary humorbon mots—are more aware than ever, because of the cloud hive mind of Twitter, just how many smart, funny people are out there.

With that in mind, here are 10 people worth following throughout the debate tonight between Vice President Joe Biden and congressman Paul Ryan. (And don’t forget, the Daily Dot will be live-GIFing and recapping all the madness on Twitter and Tumblr.)

Sure, Tyson is more of a scientist than a political pundit, but he had some pointed commentary about Mitt Romney’s PBS comment and both Romney and Obama’s failure to address the role of science and technology in job creation.